caranmegil

@caranmegil@sencha.house

I am a nerd like my father before me.

I like 🍵, 🌶, 🎲, and 🖥. I am a technologist with an MBA attempting to migrate away from coding as a profession.

I also write on the side when time allows.

The profile photo is a light gray cup of green tea with "UMKC" in white lettering.

The banner is a light brown sign with black lettering saying "CAUTION DRIVE CAREFULLY THROUGH BARRICADES"

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atomicpoet, to random

Elton John ~ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

This album as song after song of solid gold. It’s piano-driven pop rock at its best. And Elton John’s voice simply shines. This is his best album.

caranmegil,

@atomicpoet when i was recovering from rampant alcohol abuse over a decade ago, this was my go-to album for chasing away the blues.

caranmegil, to 3goodthings

@3goodthings

  1. I completed the house chores up early.
  2. Despite initially not wanting to socialize (been a bit exhausted this weekend), I caught up with some old friends from the neighborhood we used to live in and had a blast!
  3. Ongoing testing of Chaos Dungeons to make them a clearer and more consistent continues.
TonyStark, to random
@TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar

New puppy who dis?

We added a beagle mix rescue puppy to our family yesterday (someone left 6 puppies on the side of a road in a box marked “free puppies” 😢) and he’s a sweet guy.

Please help out dog rescues/rescue dogs if you can. So many need help. And excuse me if I’m here a lot less for awhile.

caranmegil,

@TonyStark appreciate this positivity!!!

caranmegil, to random

This ongoing matrix issue has made me realize I need to move my tea sense system off it as a notification and back onto something like a private message via my Sharkey instance

caranmegil,

@stux something is preventing delivery of messages

caranmegil, to 3goodthings

@3goodthings

  1. Submitted Cubic System to DriveThruRPG (it'll still be free, just need a distribution channel).
  2. Refining my Pokémon-like RPG and made it use on the Cubic System.
  3. Moved my son from a car seat to a booster seat!
caranmegil, to 3goodthings

@3goodthings

  1. My 8-year-old daughter will be delighting us with her wonderful violin playing tonight.
  2. I feel satisfied with the date/time alternate format web component that really is probably just a toy.
  3. I am making head way in converting and consolidating all my notes I've taken into a private git repo and using Markdown.
TonyStark, to random
@TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar

Reelect Biden and it's for four years and he’s probably going to listen to you.

Reelect Trump and it's for the rest of your life.

More Trump Judges Can Destroy Democracy Forever -
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/taking-liberties/more-trump-judges-can-destroy-democracy-forever/

caranmegil,

@TonyStark remember their whining about activist judges? the reality is there weren't any except in the cult of the elephant.

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Y'all want to hear a fact that really changed the way I thought about homelessness?

Half of all homeless people were in the foster system at some point. Social Workers often call the foster system The Highway to Homelessness. If you ever had a point in your life where you had to live with friends or family to for a short time to get back on your feet, remember that is a privilege that not everyone had.

caranmegil,

@RickiTarr there was a point in my life I was "flirting" with such a disaster. The only thing that saved me was the privilege of having resources available to prevent it

MJ, to random
@MJ@progressivecafe.social avatar

Gross racists.

Virginia school board votes to restore names of Confederate leaders to schools:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-school-board-vote-restoring-names-confederate-leaders-schools-rcna151458

caranmegil,

@MJ well, that's another state i refuse to take my family to regardless of the fact my wife having cousins there.

mentallyalex, to random
@mentallyalex@beige.party avatar

So many people!

caranmegil,

@mentallyalex sounds scary. don't make eye contact. they may bite or smile and ask about your day.

caranmegil,

@mentallyalex i employed the "i'm a tall man who looks scary" face once. the problem is the person was silly and i couldn't help laughing. next time, i'm doing the "look scared and run off" tactic. it sound fun.

caranmegil, to 3goodthings

@3goodthings

  1. Finally getting chores done for a couple day.
  2. "Me time"
  3. Making sure my wife gets her share of the BBQ my brother-in-law made for everyone.
caranmegil, to random

Made a playlist for the daughter. It's all her favorite Tom Petty, Travelling Wilbury's, and Cat Stevens songs

caranmegil,

@stux truth be told, I'm the one who got her into this music because I was looking for neutral ground between the wife, her, and I. I figured they wouldn't go for melodic Swedish death metal

TonyStark, to random
@TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar

Barely 9AM and this isn’t the only wacko in my mentions overnight.

caranmegil,

@TonyStark oh what fresh hell is this

caranmegil,

@TonyStark Yeah, I picked it up a couple years ago to handle previously out of control anxiety. I think this one just caught me off guard.

caranmegil,

@TonyStark how can i assist? i've recently had some semblance of "free time" available to me.

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

So, what's the thing, what's the big thing no one can help you with? How do you cope with it?

caranmegil,

@RickiTarr chronic and crippling anxiety. That stuff is a symptom of my myriad of mental health conditions

caranmegil,

@RickiTarr oh and I cope with it through meditation

dansup, to random
@dansup@mastodon.social avatar

Yeah I've seen a few fedi devs sell out, some sell soapboxes to presidents and others bring their failed misskey forks to the fintech world

The one thing they all had in common was they never actually wrote their own project, they forked an existing project and added some lipstick

Meanwhile us other fedi devs are still here, not chasing trends or money.

#notLikeUs

caranmegil,

@dansup Nothing wrong with forking a piece of software if you have a viable difference. Pandering to corporations or self-centered individuals get you nowhere fast and shows laziness because those are usually hastily slapped together for the end goal of a cash grab.

RickiTarr, to random
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Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

caranmegil,

@RickiTarr I live near Kansas City, MO, USA.

Pro:

It's a nice semi-blue island in a sea of red. If you like BBQ, it's everywhere.

Cons:

Still semi-red and they're aggressive about it. Also, too much emphasis towards a certain NFL sports ball team, unless it's your thing, which it isn't for me.

There's probably others, but my brain isn't working ATM.

mentallyalex, to random
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Anyone have anything fun to talk about today?

caranmegil,

@mentallyalex i condensed my rewriting of a certain d6 rpg system into just a couple pages. i feel like a champion. may drink some 🍵later

caranmegil,

@mentallyalex it was someone else's work, but that particular edition is essentially abandoned. so, i rephrased everything because game mechanics are not copyrightable in the USA. then, i simplified the essential rules down to just a couple pages.

caranmegil, to 3goodthings

@3goodthings

  1. Finally, some semblance of "me time" where i worked out and did yoga
  2. Refined my Cubic RPG System some more (it's under CC BY-SA 4.0)
  3. Being able to end my work day without anxiety for once
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